8.0% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Arnhem · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Arnhem
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 56.6% of people in East Arnhem provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. While many residents take on significant caregiving roles at home, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are much less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.0% of people volunteer, which is well below the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for areas of this type.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common, with 18.7% of people providing unpaid care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is reflected in the high number of people caring for children unpaid and the 23.4% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
18.7% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
56.6% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▲ +529.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force. At 0.8%, this is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in East Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70086/east-arnhem/topic/community